<VV> OK is it true or not ?

[ScottyGrover at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/23/2007 1:41:41 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
tonyu at roava.net writes:

IN late  model 'Vairs, there's no swing-axle shafts to hang on the 
rear swingarms,  so if a late motor mount fails the engine could 
likely drop down far  enough for the skid plate to make 
sparks.    However...  on  my '65 ragtop I deliberately did drop the 
engine down after removing the  motor mount, just to see how far a 
late drivetrain might dip, and it did  NOT hit the ground.   The axles 
and lower strut rods combined to  "bind up" enough to not allow the 
engine to droop down far enough to touch  the ground, even with me 
pushing down on it from above...  not real  hard, didn't wanna crack 
the bellhousing which was all that was supporting  the engine.



I thought that the late models were designed so as not to let the engine  
bottom out while driving, but I was proved wrong; hit a sudden drainage dip on a  
city street, heard a loud wham, pulled over and found my nice, expensive 
Clarks'  oil pan had hit the ground and broken.  They don't hang down low for 
extra  oil capacity.
 
Scotty from Hollyweird



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